America’s First Crime Boss Was Female Immigrant-Turned-Criminal Mastermind
In 1850, an impoverished twenty-five-year-old named Fredericka Mandelbaum came to New York in steerage and worked as a peddler on the streets of Lower Manhattan. By the 1870s she was a fixture of high...
1 Aug 202443min
The War Under No-Man’s Land: Military Mining and Tunnel Combat in World War One
Beneath the trench warfare of World War One existed an entirely separate war underground: battles in the mines and dugouts between the Great Powers. In 1914–17, the underground war was a product of st...
30 Juli 202445min
Eisenhower’s Logistics and Diplomatic Nightmare: Planning and Executing D-Day
In the months leading up to D-Day, Eisenhower’s attention was in relentless demand, whether he was negotiating, rallying troops, or solving crises from his headquarters in Bushy Park, London. He proje...
25 Juli 20241h 1min
53 Days on Starvation Island: How The US Marines Fought on Guadalcanal While Completely Surrounded
On August 20, 1942, twelve Marine dive-bombers and nineteen Marine fighters landed at Guadalcanal. Their mission: defeat the Japanese navy and prevent it from sending more men and supplies to "Starvat...
23 Juli 202459min
Taiwan’s 100-Year Rise From Japanese Colony to Monopoly Producer of Microchips
When global supply chains were shut down in 2020 and messily rebooted after COVID lockdowns ceased, one island nation emerged as the most important player in getting critical components to factories a...
18 Juli 202443min
When States Rights Were Emancipatory and Federalism was Restrictive: The Interbellum Constitution of 1812-1865
Today, the words “federalism” and “originalism” are bandied about in the news almost daily, but to get at the underpinnings of these modern interpretations of constitutional law, it is essential to lo...
16 Juli 202448min
Is America Going Through a Late Roman Moment of Its Own?
Every citizen of every state for the last two thousand years has compared his nation to Rome at some point. Americans considered Geroge Washington their Cincinnatus for taking on supreme power and giv...
11 Juli 202446min
How Five Castaways Survived After Being Left for Dead on the Falklands in 1812
Charles H. Barnard, captain of the American sealing brig Nanina, had only the best of intentions. His aim was to ensure the survival of the people under his care. On June 11, 1813, Barnard and four ot...
9 Juli 202444min
